New Orleans is full of ad-hoc musical collectives that form and disperse according to circumstance, but not all of them feature Ivan Neville. The veteran singer and keyboard player formed Dumpstaphunk in 2003 to back him at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, and the group has stuck around ever since. Dumpstaphunk today premieres the video for the song “Dancin to the Truth” on Speakeasy.

The band shot the live performance scenes during Mardi Gras this year at a local venue called the Howlin Wolf while preparing to release a new album, “Dirty Word.” The video also nods at the history of the annual festival, and of New Orleans itself, with archival footage of street scenes and Mardi Gras Indians that Dumpstaphunk licensed from Jay Newby, a New Orleans cinematographer for Big Chief Films.

“It’s a song dedicated to all the music lovers out there, talking about the healing power and righteousness of music,” Neville told Speakeasy. “And where better to celebrate that spirit than in New Orleans?”